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Research ConferenceInternational Erich Fromm Research Conferenceat the International Psychoanalytic Universityfrom Thursday, June 26, through Saturday, June 28, 2014

The conference will be held on the conference floor of Stromstr. 1, D-10555 Berlin (4th floor).

The public opening session on Thursday evening will take place in Stromstr. 2, 3rd floor.

The conference language will be English.

The meetings on Friday and Saturday are limited to registered participants.

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Thursday, June 26, thru Saturday, June 28, 2014

InternationalErich FrommResearch Conference

International Psychoanalytic University BerlinStromstraße 210555 BerlinTel.: +49 30 300 117-500Fax: +49 30 300 117-509E-Mail: info@ipu-berlin.de

www.ipu-berlin.de

Welcome at the InternationalPsychoanalytic University BerlinMore than 34 years after Erich Fromm’s death and in view of a long and fruitful history of Fromm-reception we are happy to welcome you to the first International Erich Fromm Research Conference.

The main concern of this conference consists inproviding a differentiated survey of the various andwidespread fields, in which Fromm’s seminal notion is being discussed and advanced by specialists from all over the world.

The topics in focus will deal with questions concerning the general reception of Frommian ideas as well asspecific areas of academic research in the realm of Fromm’s conceptual work.

Special attention will be paid on further enhancements, actual shortcomings and desiderata in current research.

It is a great honour to the International Psychoanalytic University (IPU) hosting and organizing this research conference in collaboration with the Erich FrommInstitute of Tuebingen and thanks to the generous sup-port of the Karl Schlecht Foundation.

We wish you a fruitful conference and a pleasantstay in Berlin!

Prof. Dr. Martin TeisingPresident IPU

Prof. Dr. Lilli GastVice President IPU

Dr. Rainer FunkErich Fromm Institute

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Third SectionFromm’s humanistic concept of man and its relevance for social theoryChair: Prof. Dr. Joan Braune (Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, USA)

09:00 a.m.: Fromm’s view of the human condition in light of new evolutionary and developmental scienceDr. Mauricio Cortina, Washington, D.C. (Attachment and Human Development Center, Washington School of Psychiatry)

09:30 a.m.: Fromm, Marx, and humanismProf. Dr. Kevin Anderson, Santa Barbara (University of California, Dept. of Sociology; holder of the Fromm prize 2000)

10:00 a.m.: Erich Fromm and Critical Theory inpost-war Japanese social theory: Its past, present,and futureProf. Dr. Takeshi Deguchi, Tokyo (University of Tokyo, Department of Sociology)

10:30 a.m.: Coffee break

11:00 a.m.: Panel 3:Is there a reasonable chance that man “is able to set himself in the saddle” (Fromm: The Sane Society)

12:30 p.m.: Lunch break

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Fourth Section Social character and its significance for the art of livingChair: Dr. Rainer Otte (Bad Sachsa)

02:30 p.m.: Social character and social unconscious: Erich Fromm’s discovery and the problems of todayProf. Dr. Tatjana Panfilova, Moscow (Moscow State Uni-versity, Institute of International Relations)

03:00 p.m.: Fromm and the philosophy of LebenskunstProf. Dr. Igors Šuvajevs, Riga (University of Latvia, Institu-te of Philosophy)

03:30 p.m.: Erich Fromm: „To be“ instead of „to have“ as a model for the justice of distributionProf. Dr. Dietmar Mieth, Tuebingen (University of Tuebin-gen, Department of Social Ethics)

04:00 p.m.: Coffee break

04:30 p.m.: Panel 4:Individual and socio-economic requirements of produc-tivity – Factors leading to change

05:45 p.m.: Reflections on the conferenceby observing students

06:15 p.m.: Closing RemarksProf. Dr. Lilli Gast and Dr. Rainer Funk

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Opening Session08:15 p.m.: Public Opening Session(Stromstrasse 2, 3rd floor)

WelcomeProf. Dr. Martin Teising (President of the IPU Berlin)Dr. Rainer Funk (Erich Fromm’s Literary Executor)Prof. Dipl.Ing. Karl Schlecht (Karl Schlecht Foundation)

Opening Lecture: Building on Erich Fromm’s scientific contributionsDr. Michael Maccoby, Washington D.C. (Former colla-borator of Erich Fromm) – a written translation into German is available

Welcome reception

Friday, June 27, 2014

First SectionErich Fromm – his background, reception and legacyChair: Prof. Dr. Lilli Gast (IPU Berlin)

09:00 a.m.: The reception of Erich Fromm’s writings and ideas and Fromm’s legacyDr. Rainer Funk, Tuebingen (Fromm’s literary executor and head of the Erich Fromm Institute)

09:50 a.m.: Facts and fictions about the life and work of Erich FrommProf. Dr. Juergen Hardeck, Mainz (Art director of “Kultur-sommer Rheinland-Pfalz”)

10:20 a.m.: Erich Fromm in Hebrew bible researchProf. Dr. Jan Dietrich, Aarhus (Professor at Aarhus Uni-versity, Denmark, and co-editor of “Fromm Forum”)

10:50 a.m.: Coffee break

11:15 a.m.: Panel 1: (the speakers of this section and Dr. Michael Maccoby)The scientific and the spiritual Fromm – Are there two voices in Fromm?

12:30 p.m.: Lunch break

Friday, June 27, 2014

Second SectionFromm’s notion of psychoanalysis and its impact on psychotherapeutic treatment, empirical research, and educationChair: Dr. Luis Jimenez (University of East London)

02:15 p.m.: Applying Fromm’s thinking to treatment and training: A perspective from the USADr. Sandra Buechler, New York (Training and Supervising Analyst at William Alanson White Institute)

02:45 p.m.: Erich Fromm’s impact on Humanistic Psy-chologyDr. Helmut Johach, Nuremberg (Co-editor of “Fromm Forum”)

03:15 p.m.: Understanding social motivation for encou-raging children’s development. Social character studies in MexicoDr. Sonia Gojman de Millán, Mexico City (Seminario de Sociopsicoanálisis –and former secretary general of IFPS)

03:45 p.m.: Fromm’s critique of consumerism and its impact for educationProf. Dr. Burkhard Bierhoff, Cottbus (Brandenburg Uni-versity Cottbus, Department of Social Work)

04:15 p.m.: Coffee break

04:45 p.m.: Panel 2:Social character formation and its effects on psychothe-rapeutic treatment

06:15 p.m.: End of the second section

07:30 p.m.: Speaker’s dinner(and accompanying persons)